According to the new study from Dr.Jason Scnittker, shows that while, more Americans believe that mental illness has genetic causes, the nation is no more tolerant of the mentally ill than it was 10 years ago.
The study explores tolerance in terms of social distancing: unwillingness to live next door to a mentally ill person, have a group home for the mentally ill in their neighborhood, spend an evening socializing with a mentally ill person, work closely with such a person on a job, make friends with someone with a mental illness or have a mentally ill person marry into the family.
published in the journal Social Science and medicine
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